Democracy Now: John Pilger defends WikiLeaks & Julian Assange

http://vimeo.com/17888704

Historian's Eye (Must check out!)

http://historianseye.commons.yale.edu/

http://historianseye.commons.yale.edu/about/

Muslim American Artists Strive to Bridge a Chasm

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/us/17bcarts.html

via Wajahat

Imam Zaid: Letter to a Would-be Mujahid

http://www.newislamicdirections.com/nid/notes/letter_to_a_would-be_mujahid/

The politics of "the Muslim"

interesting post by the chaplain at Brown

http://islamatbrown.blogspot.com/2010/12/politics-of-muslim.html

George Monbiot: Reclaim The Cyber-Commons

http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2010/12/13/reclaim-the-cyber-commons/

via Khalid

The New Era of Cooperation Between the White House and Big Business

http://robertreich.org/post/2325857692

Robert Reich: Why America’s Two Economies Continue to Drift Apart, and What Washington Isn’t Doing About It

http://robertreich.org/post/2310443401

Richard Holbrooke's last words: "You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan."

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/12/14/holbrooke

Islam in America: A Panel Discussion Moderated by Noah Feldman

http://avari.typepad.com/avari/2010/12/islam-in-america-a-panel-discussion-moderated-by-noah-feldman.html

Dozens Killed in Bangladesh Fire

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/world/asia/15bangladesh.html

NYT "Raid on Islamic Groups in Germany"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/world/europe/15germany.html

Muslim women bear burden of stereotyping

http://www.metro.us/newyork/local/article/717674--muslim-women-bear-burden-of-stereotyping

Lyrics for "The Truth That Lies Inside" by Dawud Wharnsby

You smile in the two way mirror of my eyes.
I put on my faith like I wear a disguise.
You can’t see my soul, see the life that I live.
But I show you the mask of the best I can give.
I have hid here, afraid, like a child behind,
the truth of thoughts that clutter my mind.
What if you knew, about all that I do?
The things that I think….
the me that is true?

Would you call me a hypocrite? Call me a liar?
Would you curse out my name?
Would you damn me to fire?
Would you know what to say?
Or would you just walk away,
Afraid the me I’ve tried to hide,
would too closely resemble the truth of you that lies inside?

I’ve been looking for answers since becoming adult,
not looking for dogma to live like a cult.
I've been looking to live, I've been living to find,
freedom from cages that limit my mind.

Would you call me a hypocrite? Call me a liar?

Would you curse out my name?

Would you damn me to fire?

Would you know what to say?

Or would you just walk away, 

Afraid the me I’ve tried to hide,

would too closely resemble the truth of you that lies inside?

Will I scare you? Frustrate you? Upset you? Irrate you?
Challenge your lifestyle or weaken your trust?
Or will you see my effort, my passion, sincerity?
Will you see just a little of yourself in me?
Will you take off your mask so we can both be free?

Would you call me a hypocrite? Call me a liar?

Would you curse out my name?

Would you damn me to fire?

Would you know what to say?

Or would you just walk away, 

Afraid the me I’ve tried to hide,

would too closely resemble the truth of you that lies?

[Taken from here with slight corrections]

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/wharnsby11

http://www.wharnsby.com/

John Esposito: Why Do Media Commentators Get It So Wrong on Islam? And What Is the Cost?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-l-esposito/media-commentators-and-is_b_795825.html

Attorney General Eric Holder Conducts “Sting” Operation at Muslim Charity Event

A parody of last Friday's dinner with AG Eric Holder.

http://eggplantpost.com/2010/12/11/attorney-general-eric-holder-conducts-sting-operation-at-muslims-at-charity-event/

via Professor Fadel

Nir Rosen on the "Aftermath" of America's wars

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/radio/2010/12/13/rosen

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/radio/2010/12/13/rosen_transcript

Chris Hedges: No Act of Rebellion Is Wasted

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/no_act_of_rebellion_is_wasted_20101213/

Fareed Zakaria Destroys Beck on Lunatic Islamophobia

http://www.juancole.com/2010/12/fareed-zakaria-destroys-beck-on-lunatic-islamophobia.html

Rep. Ron Paul, G.O.P. Loner, Comes In From Cold

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/us/politics/13paul.html

How Do We Respond? Part 3 – Hamza Yusuf

http://www.sandalaproductions.com/Blog/21-how-do-we-respond-part-3.aspx

via Dawud

"What Works in the Classroom? Ask the Students"

One notable early finding, Ms. Phillips said, is that teachers who incessantly drill their students to prepare for standardized tests tend to have lower value-added learning gains than those who simply work their way methodically through the key concepts of literacy and mathematics.

Teachers whose students agreed with the statement, “We spend a lot of time in this class practicing for the state test,” tended to make smaller gains on those exams than other teachers.

“Teaching to the test makes your students do worse on the tests,” Ms. Phillips said. “It turns out all that ‘drill and kill’ isn’t helpful.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/education/11education.html

Robert Reich: The Why-Should-I-Get-Out-Of-My-Chair Gap in 2012

http://robertreich.org/post/2189538588

The Feds Are Cultivating Their Own “Homegrown Terrorists”

http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/12/the_fbi_caught_another_homegrown_1.html

via Zaheer

“McFootball” in New York?: a Muslim reaction to the CM [Contending Modernities] Launch

http://blogs.nd.edu/contendingmodernities/2010/11/22/mcfootball-in-new-york-a-muslim-reaction-to-the-contending-modernities-launch/

Book review: 'Tablet & Pen,' edited by Reza Aslan

http://www.latimes.com/features/la-ca-reza-aslan-20101212,0,7920493.story

My Flag Flies Above

http://myflagfliesabove.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/my-flag-flies-above/

via Shaykh Abdallah

Haroon Moghul: This Christmas, Give the Gift of Knowledge About Islam

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/haroon-moghul/post_1326_b_788095.html

via Haroon Moghul